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Where does “dāwe” come from?

dāwe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic dēhǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰākʷ-.

dāwe (Old English): jackdaw

Definitions

  1. jackdaw

Ancestry of “dāwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdēhǭjackdaw
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰākʷ-—

Words derived from “dāwe”

  • Dow
  • Daw
  • Dowson
  • jackdaw
  • Daws
  • daw
  • Dowe
  • dawing
  • caddow
  • adaw
  • dawish
  • dawe
  • cadāwe
  • jac-do
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰākʷ- →